SS 1 Government 1st Term Exam
  • 1. 1. A person who act with de-jure authority acts on ______
A) Act on behalf of the followers because he want to lead them right
B) Behalf of himself because he think he could do so
C) Based on the power he has in his office
D) On behalf of others who have assigned him
  • 2. 2. Which of the following is not a component of political culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Emotions
C) Age
D) Societal values
  • 3. 3. Which of the following is not the function of the government?
A) Provision of free Education
B) Maintenance of relations with other states
C) Provision of all the material needs of all citizens
D) Defence of territory from external attacks
  • 4. 4. Forms of power which is derived from the people and the Constitution is ______
A) Executive power
B) Physical power
C) Political power
D) Military power
  • 5. 5. The right to freedom of speech means that people are free to ______
A) Participate in government
B) Disobey the government of the day
C) Express anything they like about government
D) Express opinions within the limits of the law
  • 6. 6. A state is a special form of human association because it ______
A) Has a government
B) Has a constitution approved by the citizens
C) Can punish law breakers
D) Has a legitimate monopoly of life and death penalties over its citizens
  • 7. 7. A citizen expresses loyalty to his nation by ______
A) Lobbying for ministerial appointment
B) Supporting political parties
C) Singing the national anthem when required
D) Participating in sport
  • 8. 8. The institution through which government discharge responsibilities is known as _____
A) Political party
B) National assembly
C) Organs of government
D) Pressure groups
  • 9. 9. The following are types of Sovereignty except _____
A) Delegated Sovereignty
B) De-facto Sovereignty
C) Legal Sovereignty
D) Internal Sovereignty
  • 10. 10. Which of the following is related to government as a process of governing?
A) Implementation and adjudication of law
B) Disagreement between state and local governments
C) The role of pressure groups within the state
D) Abrogation of Fundamental Human Rights
  • 11. 11. In a democracy, political Sovereignty resides with the ______
A) Military
B) President
C) Electorate
D) Legislature
  • 12. 12. Right to rule based on norms, customs and conventions of the people is referred to as ______
A) Traditional authority
B) Charismatic authority
C) Legal authority
D) Rational authority
  • 13. 13. A political concept that is composed of the attitudes, beliefs, emotions and values of a society is called _____
A) Political party
B) Political authority
C) Political culture
D) Political socialization
  • 14. 14. The scholar who defined sovereignty as an absolute power vested in one authority was ______
A) A.V. Dicey
B) Jean Bodin
C) John Austin
D) Baron Montesquieu
  • 15. 15. Obedience to the laws of the state is a part of one's _____
A) Requirements
B) Duties
C) Privileges
D) Rights
  • 16. 16. Power can be described as the _____
A) Capacity to compel or influence others to act in a certain way
B) Ability of the he executive to encourage pressure groups to go on strike
C) Capacity of the government to encourage communities to embark on self-help projects
D) Ability of legislature to delegate its right of law-making to another body
  • 17. 17. The two components of Sovereignty are
A) Influence and political authority
B) Political Independence and supreme authority of the state within its territory
C) Political power and political authority
D) The rule of law and fundamental human rights
  • 18. 18. Government is defined as ______
A) A group of leaders that fights for the interest of their followers
B) A machinery established by the state to organise, manage its affairs and administer its function
C) A body of people employed to use power over the citizens
D) A machinery established to punish offenders
  • 19. 19. A government is legitimate if it _____
A) Provides social services for the people
B) Has the mandate of the people to rule
C) Is not oppressive
D) Comes to power through a coup d'etat
  • 20. 20. The study of government offers individual all the following except a ______
A) Knowledge on the process of government
B) Training on good Citizenship
C) Training to become a judge
D) Basis of career opportunities
  • 21. 21. Sovereignty implies all the following except _____
A) The supremacy of the political parties
B) Unlimited power of a state to make and enforce laws
C) A state of political Independence
D) The highest authority in a state
  • 22. 22. Popular Sovereignty is located in the ______
A) Electorate
B) Opinion leaders
C) Police
D) Military
  • 23. 23. Which of the following is a basic component of political culture?
A) Cultural display
B) Cultural development
C) Cultural design
D) Cognitive orientation
  • 24. 24. The Citizenship of a country may be acquired by _____
A) Naturalization
B) Nationalization
C) Decolonization
D) Neutralization
  • 25. 25. Government as an academic field of study refers to the _____
A) Study of political institutions and processes
B) Working of the organs of government
C) Membership for f international organizations
D) President and his ministers
  • 26. 26. A state performs all the following functions except ______
A) Encouraging trade with other states
B) Providing social services
C) Encouraging the struggle for power
D) Promoting the welfare of the citizens
  • 27. 27. Which of the following groups has a compulsory membership?
A) Club
B) State
C) Community
D) Society
  • 28. 28. A government which has the ability to compel its citizens to obedience is said to be exercising ______
A) Power
B) Coercion
C) Authority
D) Legitimacy
  • 29. 29. A government's supreme power to demand obedience from its citizens demonstrates the notion of _____
A) Parliamentary supremacy
B) Separation of power
C) Sovereignty
D) Rule of law
  • 30. 30. A form of government that places political power in the hands of a few people is _____
A) Authoritarianism
B) Feudalism
C) Parliamentary government
D) Oligarchy
  • 31. 31. Government as the act of governing means the ______
A) Act of vetoing bill
B) Activities by which government policies are made and implemented
C) Orders of judiciary and legislature
D) Activities of pressure groups and political parties
  • 32. 32. The legislative organ of government is the body which _____
A) Makes the law
B) Interprets the law
C) Implement laws and policies
D) Punishes the law breakers
  • 33. 33. A sovereign state is one
A) Whose government decisions are made independent of foreign interference
B) Where its citizens can speak without fear or favour
C) Whose citizens are free to avoid responsibilities
D) In which sovereignty is invested in the military
  • 34. 34. Power is transformed into authority through _____
A) Legitimacy
B) Force
C) Influence
D) Inheritance
  • 35. 35. It is not the duty or obligations of a citizen to _____
A) Check the activities of the government
B) Register for election
C) Report any criminal acts
D) Defend the country from attacks
  • 36. 36. The body that makes law and enforces same in the state is the ______
A) Military Sovereignty
B) Legal Sovereignty
C) Political Sovereignty
D) Government sovereignty
  • 37. 37. Location of a sovereignty in a state include _____
A) In a monarch
B) All of the above
C) In a Unitary state
D) In a federal state
  • 38. 38. A form of government where the best citizens rule is ______
A) Plutocracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Oligarchy
D) Unitary
  • 39. 39. A form of government where the state is ruled by the wealthy class is _______
A) Autocracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Theocracy
D) Plutocracy
  • 40. 40. The primary function of the government in a state is to _____
A) Maintain law and order
B) Build schools and hospitals
C) Provide transport services
D) Imprison criminals
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